Övertorneå is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality

Övertorneå Municipality

Övertorneå Municipality is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden, bordering Finland. Its seat is located in Övertorneå.Until the Finnish War Övertorneå and the Finnish Ylitornio were a single municipality. Following the war, the eastern part of the municipality was ceded to...

 in Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County

Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 with 1,965 inhabitants in 2005.

It is located at the shore of the Torne River

Torne River

The Torne River , is a river in northern Sweden and Finland. Approximately half of the river's length is a part of the border between these two countries. It rises at Lake Torne near the border with Norway and flows generally southeast for a distance of into the Gulf of Bothnia...

, opposite to Ylitornio

Ylitornio

Ylitornio is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Lapland at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to Övertorneå. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

 (Övertorneå is Swedish for Ylitornio). Until the border between Sweden and Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 was drawn at the Torne River in 1809, the two villages on both sides of the river were one.

Sports

Övertorneå is home of NHL

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 forward Linus Omark

Linus Omark

Linus Karl Heimer Omark is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League...

. Another well known ice-hockey player from the settement is Daniel Henriksson

Daniel Henriksson

Daniel Henriksson is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender. During his career he played for Luleå HF, Färjestads BK, and Linköpings HC in Elitserien, for Sibir Novosibirsk in the Russian Super League and for EC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Hockey League...

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The following sports clubs are located in Övertorneå:

• Övertorneå SK
  Övertorneå SK
  Övertorneå SK is a Swedish football club located in Övertorneå in Norrbotten County. -Background:Övertorneå Sportklubb, or Ötå/Kuiva BK as the club was originally named from 1967 until 1979, began operations at a time when Övertorneå was suffering from depopulation...